It's incredible how a single syllable word can alter the way of thinking of a very complex, rationale and irrational mind of arguably the most intelligent species on the Planet Earth. It is the most profound emotion found in the life of a human being from the very beginning - the fear of unknown to the very end till its last death - the fear of death itself. It exist even before a human come to its very existence. Since more than often, A mother is fearful of the baby she carries in her womb, hence it is safe to say that every person is inherited with this emotions right from his very existence. What makes it so special then? So many literature are already written on this very topic and yet nobody has still been able to crack the code to be fearless. Of course, one can act fearless in a moment through inspiration or motivation or through some reasons. But to prolong it is as difficult or impossible as to travel the universe without a spacesuit. Consider it exaggeration or a harsh analogy but it is very much true, even the greatest leaders once had felt this emotion - secretly it may be, but they surely had. If not for himself, for others.

However hard it may be to overcome, time and again I come up with articles which elaborate how the emotion can perform its role in intensifying your will to perform and the most common argument is it is the fear of losing that keeps you going, so one should have it however notorious it may pictured. One thing I think is that because it shows you the possibilities of your failure, in other words it literally shows you all the possible hurdles in your path through you can fail, and if you stay focused and do not let that emotion carry you away - you can eliminate all those hurdles in a timely manner and make your path more clear and excel at your performance, but then again it is easier said than done. The main problem here lies is most of the people get carried away or back out at this very stage, the possibility of failing discourage them so much that they just give up even before the start and I have come across many people who uses it as an excuse to the failure, which is completely unacceptable. So now the question is - how much fear is a good fear?

Answer to that is very simple, till the extent that it does not make you slave to your own emotions. It shouldn't come in the way of your progress. It shouldn't be the excuse of the failure you may going to face, or the worst case it should not become the very cause of not trying to attempt because of a certain possibility of a failure. Since if you classify the parameter of the result of any task into - success and failure, then both has equal opportunities at least in the beginning. It is up to a person attempting it that how much emotions he need to instill that can make his performance efficient and make him excel. So do not stop yourself because of the fear of failure. Do not lay back and relax. Push yourself and try harder so much so that you can defeat the fear inside you. That will certainly make you stronger, if not successful, in the end. A very beautiful quote sums it all here - "If you will try, you may fail. But if you won't try at all, you will certainly fail". Let your fear be your guide and not your enemy.